Discography

INTERSECTIONS

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During the past two years, the Trio has had the privilege of presenting their music in eleven countries on four continents. The time spent together discovering other cultures during these trips deeply impacted and inspired the Trio, who are back with a whole new level of complicity and mutual understanding on their new album, Intersections. The hard-won musical cohesion of the group’s three members puts a particular spotlight on groove and melody via a sound at times more acoustic, at others more electric. On their respective journeys, the members of the group had the chance to cross paths with musicians who affected them tremendously. This inspired the idea to bring together the evolving musical universe of the Trio with the influences of three special guests, for each of whom was written a unique composition that would best benefit from their collaboration. Thus the album consists of seven tunes as a trio, and three as a quartet, presenting in their turn Guadeloupean singer and songwriter Malika Tirolien, Canadian/New-Zealand trumpeter Lex French, and Canadian bassist Norman Lachappelle. These precious shared moments, and each member’s creativity, meet at the crossroads of their respective paths, the intersections of their musical odysseys…

Aroma d’Aosta

Away

QUANTUM

2015

Winner Félix 2015
“Jazz Album of the Year” at l’ADISQ

In physics, a Quantum is the smallest indivisible unit. It also provides a perfect illustration of the trio: an ensemble composed of three individuals, with similarities as well as differences, joining together to create a unique and indivisible core. Nine pieces and four interludes act like atoms, simple individual elements uniting and combining with each other to form a whole, a complete experience. Drawing more than ever upon the creativity and cohesion of all three members, this very personal opus is marked both by the group’s singular acoustic sound and a more pronounced “groove” colour. In fact, while recording our previous album TRANSIT, we discovered that each of us had always been deeply interested in R&B music. It was therefore perfectly natural and logical for us to incorporate R&B colour into our artistic process. In this environment of sharing and exchange, Quantum was born, an album where the search for sounds and textures links our beginnings to our present, while paving a path towards the future.

Emie Rioux-Roussel: Piano, Rhodes

Nicolas Bédard: Double Bass, electric bass

Dominic Cloutier: Drums

Compositions: Emie Rioux-Roussel

Arrangements: Emie R Roussel Trio

Quantum

Club

TRANSIT

2013

Winner Prix Opus 2013-2014
“Jazz Album of the Year”

The album Transit merges the sounds and aesthetics of a string quartet with those of a jazz trio. Together, these two groups provide as much power and intensity as they do intimacy. Percussion elements usually associated with orchestra music, such as timpani drums and tubular bells, are added to the mix. The challenge was to blend the colours of the trio and the string quartet to create a seamless whole. In this spirit of symbiosis, the strings have a more melodic and rhythmical dimension, rather than simply a backup role. So, here, along our path, is a stopover, a transit.